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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 986750" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>That's one viewpoint with valid points although I personally don't know of any management person fired because of not meeting numbers of his/her reports.</p><p></p><p>As a management person, worrying about the numbers is your job. As a driver it is making all your deliveries and pickups, meeting service cutoff times etc. - That is having to kiss butt much more than meeting numbers, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>As a management person, if your son/daughter has an event, you can almost always get off to go to them. As a driver, you can't. That is definitely having to kiss butt there.</p><p></p><p>As a management person, if I make a mistake, it is generally overlooked unless it's the same thing over and over. A driver gets a warning letter or suspension because the Union will bring up any discretion given one person when another person does the same thing. That's maybe getting youor butt kicked more than kissing butt but same effect.</p><p></p><p>The last point is one of the worst aspects of being a Union hourly that I absolutely hate and that is the "everyone and every situation" is treated exactly the same.</p><p>This is definitely a crappy way to have to work. I think management works around this expectation to some extent but a Union hourly definitely has to kiss butt in this respect and just take it because the Union believes in it so strongly. </p><p>With management, every person and situation is considered individually and treatment is applied in a rational and compassionate manner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 986750, member: 7966"] That's one viewpoint with valid points although I personally don't know of any management person fired because of not meeting numbers of his/her reports. As a management person, worrying about the numbers is your job. As a driver it is making all your deliveries and pickups, meeting service cutoff times etc. - That is having to kiss butt much more than meeting numbers, in my opinion. As a management person, if your son/daughter has an event, you can almost always get off to go to them. As a driver, you can't. That is definitely having to kiss butt there. As a management person, if I make a mistake, it is generally overlooked unless it's the same thing over and over. A driver gets a warning letter or suspension because the Union will bring up any discretion given one person when another person does the same thing. That's maybe getting youor butt kicked more than kissing butt but same effect. The last point is one of the worst aspects of being a Union hourly that I absolutely hate and that is the "everyone and every situation" is treated exactly the same. This is definitely a crappy way to have to work. I think management works around this expectation to some extent but a Union hourly definitely has to kiss butt in this respect and just take it because the Union believes in it so strongly. With management, every person and situation is considered individually and treatment is applied in a rational and compassionate manner. [/QUOTE]
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